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History Assessment - Freshman Essays
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History Assessment

QUESTION 1

  • Going into the 1858 elections, all of the following are true about Stephen Douglas EXCEPT:

he proposed the Compromise of 1850.

he voted controversially in the Kansas Nebraska Act.

he was beloved by Southern Democrats.

he championed the platform of popular sovereignty.

QUESTION 2

  • As the war became inevitable, the “Five Civilized Tribes” threw their support towards:

the Union.

the Confederacy.

spilt between the two.

neither side.


QUESTION 3

  • All of the following “border states” would secede from the Union EXCEPT:

Arkansas.

Kentucky.

Maryland.

Missouri.

QUESTION 4

  • All of the following were measures imposed by the North to benefit the war effort EXCEPT:

the Homestead Act.

the Enrollment Act.

the National Bank Acts.

the Wade-Davis Bill.

5 points

QUESTION 5

  • The strategies of the Crittenden Compromise included all of the following EXCEPT:

restoration of the Missouri Compromise border.

prohibition of slavery abolition in areas where it existed.

instituting felony charges to uprisings.

refusal to interfere with slave trade.

5 points

QUESTION 6

  • The first state to secede was:

Mississippi.

South Carolina.

Florida.

Alabama.

5 points

QUESTION 7

  • Fort Sumter was intended as a pro-Confederate stage for all of the following EXCEPT:

a sign of the Confederacy’s resolve.

attracting European support.

securing a strategic port.

setting up a naval base.

QUESTION 8

  • What prominent fear about former slaves was even shared by European immigrants in the North?

Culture change

Political influence

Job loss/cheap labor

Mixed neighborhoods

5 points

QUESTION 9

  • How many Southern electoral votes did Abraham Lincoln receive in the 1860 Presidential Election?

0

3

8

12

5 points

QUESTION 10

  • The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place as part of which event?

1860 Presidential election

1858 Illinois US Senate election

Kansas-Nebraska Act vote

The decision to go to war against the South

QUESTION 11

  • Support your opinion: could the Civil War have been avoided? After reading this unit’s materials, be sure to include the influence of at least one cultural, political, economic, or social movement on whether or not the Civil War was avoidable.

    Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

All cited sources and references must be in APA format.